#48ADD9#48ADD9

#48ADD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.113 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48ADD9
RGB	rgb(72, 173, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 20.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -15.64, -30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 34.57, 243.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0722 -0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.113 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1355, 36.2714, 71.0451)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48ADD9 #D97448

analogous

#48D9BD #48ADD9 #4865D9

triadic

#48ADD9 #D948AD #ADD948

tetradic

#48ADD9 #BD48D9 #D97448 #65D948

square

#48ADD9 #BD48D9 #D97448 #65D948

split-complementary

#48ADD9 #D94865 #D9BD48

monochromatic

#1D698A #278FBD #48ADD9 #7BC4E4 #ADDAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#48ADD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#48ADD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48ADD9

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48ADD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48ADD9	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97ABDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#839CD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48add9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 173, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.113 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc5e5',
    500: '#48add9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48add9;
$custom-light: #8bc5e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48add9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.207,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70652,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48ADD9

secondary

#DCB3A1

accent

#733FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #48ADD9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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